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UK’s BBC hires Channel 4 commissioner Cal Turner & promotes RDF alum Jasmyn McGuile
The BBC has hired Channel 4 exec Cal Turner as a commissioning editor across its…
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Banijay closes UK’s RDF Television after three decades of operation
Banijay-owned UK production firm RDF is to close its doors after more than three decades…
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Scotland’s STV Studios hires RDF duo Andy Sockanathan & James Smales
Scotland’s STV Studios has appointed Beat The Chasers co-creator Andy Sockanathan as director of development…
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Banijay UK merges RDF & Remarkable, Kitty Walshe departs
Banijay UK labels RDF and Remarkable Factual are to merge, with staff cuts expected and…
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Big Little Fish hires RDF alum as creative director
UK unscripted indie Big Little Fish TV has appointed former RDF exec Peter Usher as…
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Bandicoot TV hires RDF & Initial alum to lead development
Bandicoot TV, the producer of the UK version of The Masked Singer, has hired former…
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Definitely founders Jon Green & Rachel Arnold to head up RDF creative team
Kitty Walshe, the incoming managing director of Banijay UK-owned RDF, has appointed Rachel Arnold and…
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Fizz’s Neale Simpson handed reins to entertainment label
Fizz creative director Neale Simpson is stepping up to head the RDF-backed entertainment label. Simpson…
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Crystal Maze prodco partners with Ireland’s Nice One
RDF-owned prodco Fizz, the producer of the UK’s Crystal Maze (pictured) format, has partnered with Belfast-based…
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30 years of TBI: The TBI 20 (2003)
TBI turns 30 this year, and to celebrate we will be publishing a series of…
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Raft of Secret Life of 4 Year Olds deals
The Secret Life of 4 Year Olds format has been picked up by broadcasters across…
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Blink poaches Boomerang exec producer
British producer Blink Films has expanded its team by drafting in Boomerang executive Jon Lloyd…
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Ex-Zodiak US chief creates Pandemo
Veteran exec Jonny Slow has launched a new US-based content company, Pandemo, and has a…
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Zodiak Americas boss Slow exits
Jonny Slow is leaving the US division of production and distribution group Zodiak Media. Having…
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Mentorn poaches BBC doc specialist
Mentorn Media’s Scottish office has poached Iain Scollay, a documentary specialist from UK pubcaster the…
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MTG Studios makes its move
MTG rebranded Modern Studios and created MTG Studios two years ago with little fanfare. However,…
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Hat Trick poaches Wipeout exec from Endemol
Hat Trick has recruited Andy Rowe from Endemol and he will join the UK indie…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Nation’s Brightest
Nation’s Brightest has been a big hit for German public broadcaster and now BBC One…
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Hoho Rights poaches Danielle Davies from Viacom
Kids distributor Hoho Rights has hired Danielle Davies as head of sales and acquisitions. She…